Triple
T23272645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Fontella Bass |
E588330
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fontella Marie Bass
Fontella Marie Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
|
E1576534
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Fontella Marie Bass | Statement: [Fontella Bass, birthName, Fontella Marie Bass]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fontella Marie Bass Context triple: [Fontella Bass, birthName, Fontella Marie Bass]
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A.
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.
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B.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
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C.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
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D.
Desiree Dupree
Desiree Dupree is a three-breasted hermaphrodite performer portrayed by Angela Bassett in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story: Freak Show.
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E.
Zella Mae West
Zella Mae West was the wife of longtime White House Chief Usher J. B. West, known primarily in historical records through her marriage to him.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Fontella Marie Bass Triple: [Fontella Bass, birthName, Fontella Marie Bass]
Generated description
Fontella Marie Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fontella Marie Bass Target entity description: Fontella Marie Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
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A.
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.
-
B.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
-
C.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
-
D.
Desiree Dupree
Desiree Dupree is a three-breasted hermaphrodite performer portrayed by Angela Bassett in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story: Freak Show.
-
E.
Zella Mae West
Zella Mae West was the wife of longtime White House Chief Usher J. B. West, known primarily in historical records through her marriage to him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e25d148adc819088efbf42672604e9 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1957518f88190bdd88ccc4e295668 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c3f79482881909477d78f8ad26536 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c4008c4a881908ad49e733b549036 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c40bece448190bb9fd1a3058a1f06 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:47 p.m.